What is reference management?

• Collecting reference information and downloading PDF files…

• Reading and annotating references (highlighting, making notes/comments)

• Citing/using references in manuscripts/proposals

Why is (smart) reference management important?

• Reading and writing scholarly papers is key for the success of graduate students, researchers, scientists, …

• Reference management could be tedious and time consuming (if not doing it smartly)

Reference Managers

Brief Comparison

What do we use in WANGLAB?

• https://www.zotero.org/

Demo: collecting references

• Zotero Connector

Demo: reading/annotating

Demo: citing in Word

• Zotero Word Plugin

Demo: citing in Markdown/LaTeX (VS Code)

• Zotero Citation Picker

Demo: citing in Markdown/LaTeX (RStudio)

• RStudio

Demo: citing in Markdown/LaTeX (Other)

• Zotero Better Bibtex Extension